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"Hi Bette man its been so long how are you? I worked with Rick S for years upstairs in Computers and you would come in to see Rickster all the time are you still with Whitney Houston? I so glad this came about it was the best job i ever had, My…"

first of all.........i adore all of you!!!!!...manny's has been my second home for 35 years!!!!!!......i've been treated like family since the day......or.....maybe ......the 2nd day i walked in........(that's a inside story between me and rick s)bought my 1st fender rhodes there when i was a kid.....18 years old.......might just have been the only time i paid full price!!!!!!!........i've begged.....i've borrowed.....(.never stolen)......but the list of equipment, keyboards, more keyboards,…See More

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first of all.........i adore all of you!!!!!...manny's has been my second home for 35 years!!!!!!......
i've been treated like family since the day......or.....maybe ......the 2nd day i walked in........(that's a inside story between me and rick s)
bought my 1st fender rhodes there when i was a kid.....18 years old.......might just have been the only time i paid full price!!!!!!!........i've begged.....i've borrowed.....(.never stolen)......but the list of equipment, keyboards, more… Continue

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Hi Bette man its been so long how are you? I worked with Rick S for years upstairs in Computers and you would come in to see Rickster all the time are you still with Whitney Houston? I so glad this came about it was the best job i ever had, My memories are a life time especially when i came there with Jimi Hendrix to shop for my band he had signed to Mike Jefferies just before Jimi passed way. Any way I heard the doors are closing is it true??? New York will never be the same without Manny's!!!

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"Love it all! I was thinking about my father, a fine sax player who hit Manny's fairly frequently, buying strings for his guitarist, the great Buddy Merrill, and reeds for himself. He seemed to spend a lot of the time gabbing it up…"

"Thank You Jim....
It's so good to remember when I would have to beg Henry for a Schlepper Shirt and how proudly I would wear it on the road and how when my Gibson LG1 burned along with the rest of my apartment how amazed I was when Blood…"

Do you rememberMusic RowBack when Manny’s Musicwas the place to go Man, that was Heavendon’t you knowJust a subway ride awayto music row I first heard ‘bout Manny'swhen I was just fourteenMy guitarist Bobby saidWe had to make that scene So, unbeknownst to our parentswe hopped the E Trainfrom Kew Gardens to Times Squareand we scurried past the porn that used to cluster there Walked crosstownTo Seventh AvenueThen turned and headed NorthLike a human corkscrew We were teencats from the suburbsBut…See More

As we all know, in the mid to late '70's there were probably as many sales outside the stores as inside...One day, my friend John calls me and says "Hey, I'm going to 48th st. to sell my Telecaster...wanna' take a ride?" so I said yeah sure.....(we usually were there 4 or 5 times a month in those days)After parking and walking up the block for about 20 minutes or so window shopping , we see these two guys standing in front of We Buy....they're looking at a Telecaster , so , John says to the…See More

"Sandi and Holli:
For years, I have looked for footage of the RTR and haven't been very lucky. The other night, I stumbled onto this gem on YouTube. The video is titled "76 4 22". When I read this I wondered if it was a date. Well,…"